Malaga is not only the second largest city in Andalusia but also the second most important cruise port in Spain. Enormous efforts were made and within the last few years the pier was completely new expanded. See also: First evening in Malaga Malaga was founded by the Phoenicians, however, for a long time dominated by […]
Good-bye Cordoba – The first evening in Malaga
In the afternoon we leave Cordoba with the AVE high-speed train, in order to reach Malaga before nightfall. Actually we want to go to Granada. However, we did not succeed to reserve an AVE high-speed from Antequera to Granada via Internet. Antequera is approximately located on half a way between Cordoba and Malaga at the Costa […]
Cordoba City Walk
Our Cordoba city walk starts at the Plaza de las Tendillas with its glamorous architecture of the last century. Here is the business district of Cordoba. We walk south via Calle Jesus Maria, Calle Angel de Saavedra, Calle Blanco Belmonte and Calle Conde y Luque up to the Mezquita. It is well known that the […]
Torre de la Calahorra and Puente Romano de Cordoba
Cordoba visitors should not miss to go to the Plaza del Triunfo, located between the Mezquita and the Rio Guadalquivir. In the 17th century Cordoba was affected by a serious plague. The archangel Raphael, patron of the city, appeared to Father Andrés de las Roelas and announced that he will save the city. As the epidemic […]
Preah Khan – the holy city of victory
In order to reach Preah Khan, the temple complex north of Angkor Thom, we take nearly the same route as the day before. Our moped-rickshaw drives past Angkor Wat, through the south gate of Angkor Thom and past the Bayon and the Terrace of the Elephants. After we have let the northern town gate and […]
Angkor Thom and the temple with the 200 faces
We enter Angkor Thom via a causeway, which is lined with Devas and Asuras, carrying a Naga. At the end of the dam is the Victory Gate, built in the typical Bayon style with faces in all four directions. Laterally are guardian figures, elephants with three heads and three trunks. They represent Airavata, the Elephant […]